Whitewashing Torture: "Ok, I understand these are hard-working civil servants. A lot of them do wonderful, conscientious, vital work, etc. I understand the importance for a new president to show he supports them, "feels their pain," etc. But his whitewashing of the past was pretty disgusting. He said something to the extent of "mistakes that were potentially made in the past." Sorry. That's not good enough. Not at all. Forcing water down someone's throat to trigger the drowning reflex six times a day every day for a month is not a "mistake potentially made in the past," and no degree of euphemism, spinning or wanting to "look forward" makes it anything other than a war crime."
(Via The Nation: Top Stories.)
